For single parents, it pays to work
- Written by Miranda Stewart, Professor and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Analysis shows single parents who are welfare recipients have a financial incentive to seek work.www.shutterstock.comDespite some analysis from other media suggesting single parents might find being on welfare more attractive than working, more than half of sole parents in Australia are in work and are better off as a result.
Australia’s tax...